LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
29. GEOPELIA PLACIDA. GROUND-DOVE. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 73 (pt. xix.), June 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 2, pi. 32, Jan. 31st, 1911. 
Geopelia plaeida Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1844, p. 55, Sept. : Port Essington, Northern Territory. 
Geopelia tranquilla Gould, ib . : p. 56 : Liverpool Plains, New South Wales. 
Geopelia plaeida clelandi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIIT., p. 186, Jan. 31st, 1912: Coongan River, mid -Wes t 
Australia. 
Geopelia plaeida melvillensis Mathews, Austral Av- Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 28, April 2nd, 1912 : Melville Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Geopelia plaeida hedleyi Mathews, ib , , pt. 4, p. 84, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Cape York, Queensland. 
Distribution : Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
XXVIII. Genus STICTOPELEIA. 
stictopeleia Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. xxv., 1852 (? 1853). Type (by original designation): Columba 
cuneata Latham. 
30. STICTOPELEIA CUNEATA. SPOTTED-SHOULDERED DOVE. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 74 (pt. xvii.), March 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 2, pi. 33, Jan. 31st, 191 1 
Columba cuneata Latham, Index Omith. Suppl., p. lxi., 1801, after May : Sydney, New South Wales. 
Columba macquarie Quoy et Gaimard, Voy. de l’Uranie et Physic. Zool., p. 122, pi. 31, Auer. 28th, 1824 : New 
South Wales. 
Columba spiloptera Vigors, Zool. Journ., Vol. V., p. 275, June, 1830: New South Wales. 
Geopelia cuneata mungi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 187, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Mungi, North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
XXIX. Genus CHALCOPHAPS. 
Chalcophaps Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xiii.. Dee. 1st, 1843 (Vol. V., pi. 62). Type (by monotypy) : Columba 
chrysochlora Wagler. 
Monornis Hodgson in Gray’s Zool. Miscell., p. 85, June 29th, 1844. Type : Monornis perpulchra ? Nomen nudum. 
31. CHALCOPHAPS CHRYSOCHLORA. LITTLE GREEN PIGEON. 
• Gould, Vol. V., pi. 62 (pt. xiii.), Dec. 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 3, pi. 34, April 29th, 1911. 
Columba chrysochlora Wagler, Syst. Av., Columba, sp. 79, p. (256), (before Oct.) 1827 : “ Ceylon, Java, etc.,” 
error = New South Wales (Gosford). 
Chalcophaps longirostris Gould, Birds Austr., Introd., 8vo ed., p. 79, (pref. June 12th) 1848 : Port Essington, 
Northern Territory. 
Chalcophaps occidentals North, Viet. Naturalist, Vol. XXIV., No. 8, p. 135, Dee. 1907 : Port Keats, Northern 
Territory. 
Chalcophaps chrysochlora rogersi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 187, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Cairns, Queensland. 
Chalcophaps chrysochlora kempi Mathews, ib. : Cape York, North Queensland. 
Chalcophaps chrysochlora melvillensis Zietz, South Austr. Ornith., Vol. I., pt. I., p. 12, Jan. 1914 : Melville Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria. 
XXX. Genus PHAPS. 
Phaps Selby, Naturalists' Library, Pigeons, p. 194, May 1835. Type (by original designation) : Columba 
chalcoptera Latham. 
32. PHAPS CHALCOPTERA. BRONZE-WINGED PIGEON. 
Gould, Vol, V., pi. 64 (pt. xiii.), Dec. 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 3, pi. 35, April 29th, 1911 
Columba chalcoptera Latham, Index Ornith., Vol. II., p. 604, (before Dec. 9th) 1790 : Sydney, New South Wales. 
Phaps chalcoptera consobrina Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 188, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parry’s Creek, North-west 
Australia. 
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